Tag: Tommy Thompson

  • Taking the cure (or curse?) at Mar-a-Lago

    The (mixed] blessing! Is Mar-a-Lago the Santiago de Compostela of Republicans? Make the journey, fondle the bones, get the blessing? Returning from a pilgrimage to that principality, Tommy Thompson tells the Werkes that the former President anointed him as the only Republican who can beat Tony Evers this November. Duh! That’s like betting the Harlem…

  • NAACP takes UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank to school 

    NAACP’s letter demands UW restore Fredric March’s good name September 2021 Dear University of Wisconsin-Madison & University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Communities: … Guided solely by social-media rumor and grievously fact-free, mistaken conclusions – the name of Wisconsin native and Golden Age acting icon Fredric March was stripped from both UW-Madison’s Fredric March Play Circle (in late 2018)…

  • Make this the Best Years of Their Lives

    Our plea to Tommy Thompson on behalf of university students everywhere! Dear Governor, Mr. Cabinet Secretary, UW System President, My Old Boss: Restrained, moderate Blaska sez: I have some appreciation for the separation of powers at our great university system. Don’t know that you have to go all S.I. Hayakawa about this but get your chancellors…

  • Wisconsin’s university chancellors are craven cowards

    The progressive cancel culture is canceling our culture The NAACP, faith leaders, actors, and alumni wrote this week to the chancellors of the University of Wisconsin campuses at Madison and Oshkosh and to Gov. Tony Evers to restore the good name of a real-life civil right activist. Or, as academic John McWhorter puts it “repeal…

  • A Federalist Society for teachers!

    And more choices for school board! At least our progressive … acquaintances recognize the toxicity of critical race theory because they deny teaching it (but if they did it would be O.K.) When you fire a white “positive behavior coach” for trying to defuse a black girl’s classroom tantrum, you’re not just teaching critical race…

  • Some great people endorse my campaign

    ‘David, while working for me, helped on countless efforts that empowered parents and improved our economy. Be it improving school or workforce opportunities, building a first-rate University system, or the infrastructure necessary to support our growing economy, David demonstrated an ability to both communicate and listen while seeking common ground.’ — Tommy G. Thompson “We don’t have to…